Popular Netflix’s “All Quiet on the Western Front” has earned the best cinematography category of the 2023 Oscars.
Cinematographer James Friend said in his speech, “Well it’s not my birthday, but it feels like it is. What an honour.”
All Quiet on the Western Front is a 2022 German-language epic anti-war film based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.
All Quiet on the Western Front explores the World War I battlefront through the eyes of fatigued German soldiers. Based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, Berger’s film follows newly enlisted teenager Paul Bäumer (Felix Kammerer) and his friends as they face the unspeakable horrors of serving with the German army on the front lines. Friend had previously collaborated with Berger on Your Honor and Patrick Melrose.
Friend also thanked his entire crew, saying they “made this happen for me and made me look better than I am. And Edward Berger… just thank you so much… from the bottom of my heart thank you so much.”
All Quiet on the Western Front is nominated for eight other Oscars, including Best Picture and Best International Feature, tying with Banshees of Inisherin for second most nominations after Everything Everywhere All At Once.
